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Alfred Howard Newman

1875-1959

Unit

Main Body

Section

Section No.4

Rank

Sapper

Serial

4/1532

About

Born in England

16 February 1875
Residence

Hometown

Christchurch
Work

Occupation

Coal-miner

Employer

Westport Coal Company
Personal Life

Marital Status

Single

Army Experience

  • Citizens Defence

    • World War I (1914-1918)

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    British War Medal ribbon

    British War Medal

    Victory Medal ribbon

    Victory Medal

    Meritorious Service Medal ribbon

    Meritorious Service Medal
    In recognition of valuable services rendered with the Army in the field.

    Death

    Died at the age of 84

    1 August 1959

    Sources

    Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira: Online Cenotaph He Toa Taumata Rau.

    New Zealand Archives Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, AABK 18805 W5549 75/0085974, Military Personnel File.

    Nominal Roll of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, 1915. New Zealand Engineers Tunnelling Company, Government Printer, Wellington, 1916, p. 5.

    How to cite this page

    Anthony Byledbal, “Alfred Howard Newman (1875-1959)“, New Zealand Tunnellers Website, NaN (2009), Accessed: . URL: www.nztunnellers.com/tunnellers/626

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